Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [num] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | A nearly constant fraction of fetuses that are alive at 23 weeks ' gestation die each subsequent week , indicating that every fetus faces a random , but statistically predictable , risk of intrauterine death throughout pregnancy . |
| 2 | Available from Abbey National ( Overseas ) are Offshore Plus , an instant access sterling account ; Offshore 90 also in sterling but requiring 90 days ' notice of withdrawal ; and Offshore Double Eagle , a US dollar deposit account where withdrawals are subject to 30 days ' notice . |
| 3 | You 're seventeen in nine weeks ' time . |
| 4 | She advises me that the treatment involves the implant of brain cells from an aborted foetus which must be 10 to 11 weeks ' gestation . |
| 5 | In 1912 the Guild annual congress passed a resolution that divorce should be available after two years ' separation . |
| 6 | A staggering 52% — mostly females — said they expect rates to be higher in 12 months ' time with a consequent knock-on effect on mortgages . |
| 7 | But looking at it from the other point , that 's the you know the word entitlement comes from you know , I I think I 'm entitled to twenty days ' training , but whether I need twenty days ' training to be |
| 8 | Tied cottagers received protection under the Rent Act 1957 only in so far as they were ‘ tenants ’ who were entitled to four weeks ' notice to quit and could not be evicted without prior warning . |
| 9 | Then the god spoke to a woman whose baby was ill , and afterwards to a couple who were childless after three years ' marriage . |
| 10 | Experts say the pollution in North Bohemia is due to 40 years ' emphasis on heavy industry under communist rule . |
| 11 | Rupert 's surviving on 5 hours ' sleep a night . |
| 12 | Perinatal mortality is lowest at 40 weeks ' gestation and does not increase until after 42 weeks , and then only slightly . |
| 13 | This is equivalent to five days ' trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange , 2.5 times more than a couple of years ago . |
| 14 | The floods destroyed the crop completely and the debt is equivalent to four years ' worth of rice crop . |
| 15 | ( S. ) 335 recognise the exception illustrated by this decision : if the offence to which the juvenile has pleaded guilty is punishable with 14 years ' imprisonment and is therefore one for which the juvenile can be detained under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) for a longer period , a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution is not objectionable , despite the plea of guilty , if the offence would have justified a longer term of detention under section 53(2) and the sentencer has given the juvenile a discount for his plea by choosing to impose a term of detention in a young offender institution rather than detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) . |
| 16 | Membership of a " terrorist group " was punishable by five years ' imprisonment and it also became a crime to possess " directly or indirectly " written or recorded materials condoning " terrorist " activity . |